Cot-bedstead



(No Model.)

*F. M. CASE.

V OUT BEDSTEAD.

No. 264,137. Patented Sept. 12, 1882.

WITNESSES V IW'V'EJV'TOR 6 I My I 1% J1 ttorney N4 PETER$Phola-Lilhcgnphor. Washington. D46.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. CASE, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

COT-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,137, datedSeptember 12, 1882.

Application filedAngust 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. CASE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGot-Bedsteads, of which the following is' a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in cot-beds; and it consists inthe peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows an. end view of my cotready for use. Fig. 2 also shows an end view with the stretching-leverraised. Fig. 3 shows a transverse vertical section through the center ofthe cot, and Fig. 4. is a plan view with the canvas removed.

A represents the frame of a folding cot-bedstead made in the ordinaryform, except that at each end and the center the side pieces are formedround, as at a a a".

B is a lever, having at one 'end a round hole fitting on either of therounded ends of the side pieces, and connected by a bolt at b to thehead or foot board 0, one corner of which is cut away, as shown indotted lines at c, and the other has a square recess, 0, cut in it,adapted to receive the round end of the side pieces. The lever B may bemade to extend the full width of a bedstead and rest on the oppositeside piece, as shown at a, or it may be made considerably shorter andrest on a projection or pin on the head-board, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1; but I' prefer the former, as thelever B thus receives all ornearly all of the strain; but when a short lever is used part of thestrain comes on the bolt 1).

For ordinary bedste'ads, stretching-levers at the head and foot willprobably be sutficient, if the side pieces are not made too light; butfor heavy persons it will be best to put in the center alever-stretcher, D, similar to those at theheadandfoot,butcurvedinstcadofstraight, and with the stretching-lever reversed,so as to rise when stretching the bedstead instead of descending likethose on the head and foot boards. In some cases I intend to put in aplain curved strut in the center, as shown at Fig. 2, in place of thelever-stretching device.

The holes in the levers for the bolts should be in a line with orslightly below the centers of the round part of the side pieces, so thatthe levers will remain in the locked position when so placed. If thecanvas should be found to stretch so much that the lever will not makeit tight small blocks may be set in the recess in the head-board, whichwill tighten the canvas when the lever is forced down; or the bolts maybe passed through one of the other holes in the lever, which will havethe same efi'ect.'

lever to the foot or head board, a separate bar,

similar to the bar D, (but straight instead of curve d,) may be used;and it is also obvious that the stretching-barmay be hinged to the sidebars or connected thereto in any way known to mechanics, instead ofbeing fitted to the rounded ends of the side bars. In some cases Ipropose to boreholes horizon tallyin the sides of the ends of the sidebars to receive the opposite ends of the stretching apparatus.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the side bars of abedstead, of two bars pivoted together and connected with the oppositeside bars of the bedstead, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. The combination, with the side bars of a bedstead, ofa head-boardhaving one end pressing against one side bar and pivoted toa 1everconnected with the opposite side bar, substantially as described.

3. In a bedstead, the stretching-lever B,-

having a hole in one end fitting on a round end of one of the side barsand pivoted to the too I head-board O, in combination with side bars anddrooping in the middle, substantially as 10 having round ends, and thehead-board 0, prodescribed.

\ided with a recess to receive one of the round In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature, in ends of the side bars, all arranged andeonpresence of two witnesses,this 17th day of July, 5 structedsubstantially as described. 1882.

4. In combination with a folding bedstead, FRANCIS M. CASE. a curvedstrut or stay arranged about mid Witnesses: way between the head andfoot, with its oppo- WILLIAM H. MALONE, site ends bearing on theopposite side bars WV. H. J. NICHOLS.

